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Trying to puree meat


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On 11/16/2023 at 1:51 AM, Dave the Cook said:

You can't really get rid of the graininess, but you can hide it. I'd try something in the fat category. My first choice would be heavy cream.

Or chicken skin?

 

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16 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

I've never tried to grind it, but what if you pureed it while raw, then gently cooked and re-ground? Seems like it might take some of the graininess out.

Possibly, like in a Thermomix, it can cook and blend at the same time?

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14 hours ago, Paul Bacino said:

Try running it through/over a tamis sieve,  with like a cake scraper.   Its a fine mesh screen

I think this would still result in teeny particles causing the graininess.

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What do you intend to do with said puree ? I assume you don’t consume it raw, so when do you encounter the „graininess“ ? It is a visual thing or a mouth-feel thing and if the latter, what is the final product in which you feel the graininess ?

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On 11/17/2023 at 6:39 AM, Duvel said:

What do you intend to do with said puree ? I assume you don’t consume it raw, so when do you encounter the „graininess“ ? It is a visual thing or a mouth-feel thing and if the latter, what is the final product in which you feel the graininess ?

It's to do with mouth-feel really, but also it would look nicer as it normally has a split sort of look. 

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17 minutes ago, gilbertlevine said:

 

Do you think that it could be done with the ninja creami ?

Quite likely - if you look on the creami thread, I think I might have shown making pate in it - that or somebody else did

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1 hour ago, gilbertlevine said:

 

Do you think that it could be done with the ninja creami ?

 

49 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Quite likely - if you look on the creami thread, I think I might have shown making pate in it - that or somebody else did


I think it could be done. I made a chicken liver pate in the Creami following a PacoJet recipe. The liver went in the blender before freezing with chunks of butter. Then it took a couple of spins, first from frozen to pulverize everything. The second spin was at 60°F to emulsify it. 

 

Edited to add that obviously meat is doing to have tougher connective tissue than liver but I still think it's worth a try.  I'd definitely try it if I wanted to make a scallop or shellfish mousse and chicken might need one more spin.  Here's a PacoJet recipe for a chicken mousse

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Susanwusan said:

It's to do with mouth-feel really, but also it would look nicer as it normally has a split sort of look. 


Please consider posting a picture of your dish - I imagine steamed broccoli with chicken purée dressing …

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6 hours ago, Susanwusan said:

That looks brill.  How much would something like that cost?  A quick look doesn't show prices.

About eight grand I think that’s Canadian, of course.

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7 hours ago, Susanwusan said:

That looks brill.  How much would something like that cost?  A quick look doesn't show prices.

 

IIRC, the original is US$4500 - 5000. V2 was about eight grand. It seems like I recently heard about a new version, PacoJet 4, which cost slightly less, like US$7000 - 7500?

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16 minutes ago, Dave the Cook said:

 

IIRC, the original is US$4500 - 5000. V2 was about eight grand. It seems like I recently heard about a new version, PacoJet 4, which cost slightly less, like US$7000 - 7500?


Yeah, Modernist Pantry has a price of US$7299.00 for the PacoJet 4 but darn, it’s out of stock!

 

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